Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-20

Is in the very near future when
every county IN the state will have its
representative in the university. One OF
the special works the chancellor has
dissemination through the state that the
institution was q state one and that
every county, however remote, was en-
titled TO recognition equal with the
county and city in which the university
Is located. During the year last past,
forty eight counties were represented in
the university, and the new enrolment
with the present new school year, shows
that half dozen or more counties. here.
Ia the school. The plan Of the university
to constantly build the regular college
course, and tn delegate to the public
schools OF the state the preparatory
work. has caused the enrolment i'm the
regular college courses to nearly double
In number over two years ago. And yet
the Latin school has u very good atten.
dance. some seventy-fve applicants for
that department presenting themselves
for examination at that time. The uni
versity Is evidently attracting attention
as an educational institution outside of
the state, as the enrolment of the past
year showed students in attendance from
nineteen other states outside of Ne
braska.
IMPROVEMENTS IN BUILDINGS.
During the vacation the. main
school building has been radically i'm
proved from the new foundation placed
under the pudding to complete renova-
tion of all the rooms. Painting and paper
hanging has been in progress for couple
of months until the old students who re.
turned scarcely recognized the place,
compared with It's dingy appearance
heretofore. One of the two new build
Sings for which the legislature made pro-
vision will be commenced at at once, as
ditional room. Bids are now invited for
this building, the industrial college and
school of mechanical arts. and the build
ing committee expect to have the founda-
tiOn laid the present year. ready for early
completion the next.
THE LATEST RAILROAD MOVEMENT.
Papers were filed with the secretary of
state yesterday, by which the Pacific rail-
road Of Kansas was consolidated with the
now the continuous line of road that is
being built from Warwick, Kan, to
Hastings, Neb., and is understood to be
a branch of the Missouri Plclfic system
into the city of Hastings. The Pacific
railroad of Nebraska has its line To-
Gated from the state line to Superior
in Nuckolls county, thence northwesterly
through the counties of Nuckolls, Web
ster and Adams to Hastings, with line
prospective to the western part of the
state, and branch lines as may be deter
mined upon. The resolution consolidat
ing the corporations in the two states re-
cites that the portion of the road in Kan.
sas is already under construction and
that the work is to be completed at an
early day, when the line will be an ex-
tension of the line in Nebraska. Cyril
IN A.~r <~k AtH~
signs the resolution OF consolidation.
INCREASING CAPITAL STOCK.
The Pacific railway of Nebraska has
filed certified copy OF proceedings OF a
recent meeting called to increase the cap
ital stock of the road. This meeting was
held at the company's office at Superior
on the 7th of September, and the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the capital stock of the
said Pacific railway company, of Nebraska,
be increased to the additional sum and
amount of S5O0,OOO So that the capital stock
of the corporation shall now and hereafter
be the sum of 5000 1900.
The proceedings and resolutions are
signed by the stockholders OF the road,
who are L. }. Prosser, Aaron $. Everest,
G. L. Adams, j. IL. Kersten, Asher Benl,
Paul l. Williams, L. p. Bonnell and
Cyril Williams.
PACIFIC RAILWAY OF KANSAS.
The charter of the Pacihc railway
company of Kansas was filed for record
in the office of the secretaryof state yestcr.
day The charter recites that the in
cOrpOrators propose to build, maintain
and operate line of road to commence
and run northwest to the state boundary
line at point in the county Of Nuckolls.
length, @ the articles rociting that at
it is to be two miles IN
length and the capital stock is only $50.
| 600 with Cyril Williams of ST. Louis, +.
P. Bonnell of Superior, Neb., Aaron s.
Paul $. Williams of Baltimore, and g.
| w. Gulick of Scandia, Kan, as incor-
| porators.
This line will connect the Pacific rail,
way of Nebraska with the Missouri
Pacific system at Warwick, Kan.
MINING AND MILLING COMPANY.
The El-Refugio Mining and Milling
company of Omaha has filed its articles
of incorporation with the secretary oi
state. Capital stock 5000, 900. The bust
ness of the company was fixed to com
100 years. The indebtedness is limited tc
two-thirds the capital stock: Following
arc the IncorpOrators: William Nc
Caskell, Z. ID. Town, q. b. Rustin, Louis
Schroeder, and G. B. Brown.
| STATE HOUSE NOTES.
| The contract was let Saturday by the
board of public lands and buildings fol
the steam fitting and plumbing at the
soldiers home, Grand Island. The bids
submitted were: w. j. Cooper and Colt
Bros, Lincoln, a, 800; f. A. Korsmeyel
& Co., Lincoln. $4,000, and Weaver Bros.
Grand Island, $2,925. The contract wa.
awarded the latter.
Among the cases to be heard before tn,
supreme court at its present session is tn,
case of John Shafer vs.. the State. rhi
is the case from Kcarney county in which
Shafer murdered constable IN colo
blood, and for which he was sentenced t
hang. The case comes to the suprem,
court on error.
The case of Jefferson Long, sentence,
in Lincoln county for murder or acces
sorry and sentenced TO hang will also b.
heard ut the present term of the court ol
error. Longs crime was hiring partie
to murder an old man and his wife VIII,
after being murdered were burned II
their house.
The Iowa Masonic Benevolent associa
ton has mandamused the state auditor t
compel him to register the company TO
business in the state. The auditor ha
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